Greenville, SC - Operation Intercept (OPIN)
the US Marshals fugitive apprehension task force and the Nevada Fugitive
Investigative Strike Team (NFIST) working together jointly announce the location
and apprehension of Ricky Hewins Mack at an apartment complex off of Elm Drive
in Las Vegas, NV during the early afternoon Thursday.

Mack was wanted by the Greenville County
Sheriff’s Office for multiple bench warrants for the alleged charges of:
Trafficking Heroin, Manufacture of Crack Cocaine, Distribution of Controlled
Substance near School, Possession with intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, and
Criminal Domestic Violence. In June, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office
requested assistance from OPIN in hopes of locating and apprehending Mack. OPIN
began the investigation and on Thursday morning, September 29, OPIN developed
information leading them to believe Mack may be in the Las Vegas area. OPIN
immediately contacted NFIST in Las Vegas, and requested their assistance in
attempting to locate Mack. From the tip provided to OPIN, Mack was determined to
be in a local apartment complex near the Elm Street area in Las Vegas. Deputy
Marshals with NFIST were able to conduct surveillance for several hours on Elm
Street and noticed a subject matching the description of Mack walking. NFIST
approached the subject and positively identified him as Ricky Mack. Mack
attempted to persuade NFIST they had the wrong guy but, due diligence by NFIST
to positively identify Mack paid off and Mack was taken into custody without
further incident. Mack has been placed into a local jail where he awaits bond
and extradition hearings for his return to South Carolina.

“As we continue to work with the upstate’s local
law enforcement partners to bring fugitives to justice, it is the goal of our
task force to assist all agencies with significant arrests as is noted in this
case. OPIN has a history of going above and beyond to come to the aid of local
agencies. This fugitive apprehension shows the sprawling umbrella of the US
Marshals Service and our law enforcement partners across the nation. Mack will
soon be returned to face his alleged charges here in South Carolina.” stated
Kelvin Washington, US Marshal for the District of South Carolina.

Established in 1789, the United States Marshals
Service is the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. In fiscal 2010,
the Marshals arrested more than 36,100 federal fugitives, clearing 39,400 felony
warrants and arrested 11,072 sex offenders. Marshal’s Service-led task forces
like South Carolina’s Operation Intercept arrested 81,900 state and local
fugitives, clearing 108,200 felony warrants. Locally, Operation Intercept
arrested over 2,500 South Carolina fugitives during that same period.